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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

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Quake

mire

Soft, wet, miry land, which shakes or yields under the feet.

“A spot surrounded by quagmires, which rendered it difficult of access.”

Palfrey.

Syn. – Morass; marsh; bog; swamp; fen; slough.

Noun.

[that is, quake-mire.] Soft wet land, which has a surface firm enough to bear a person, but which shakes or yields under the feet.